[MD] The SOM/MOQ discrepancy.

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Ham]
No, Craig.  The question "why?" demands a reason and, like Arlo, you insist on
a historical answer which gives you only the "how" or "when" of a process 
rather than its cause.

[Arlo]
While this is a ton of distortion, I'll answer it here by saying that any
"metaphysical" answer that runs counter to, or makes no sense from, a
historical perspective is as empty as it is meaningless. 

[Ham]
It's like answering "Why does the TV work?" by saying that it works because
you've plugged it into the power outlet and turned it on.

[Arlo]
As opposed to your answer which is "it works because Essence wants it to work".
While you ridicule the electricity answer, it actually makes sense, and has far
more explanatory value. And understanding the "process" of electricity is how
we came to build TVs. If the Lone Genius Edison has simply thought "well,
electricity works because it is a manifestation of the will of Essence", we'd
have no TVs.

You, on the other hand, also seem to be saying, "oh, nevermind that pesky
history, yes yes it makes my claims absurd, but just ignore it, it doesn't
matter, move along..." Sorry, that's not only a cop-out, it demonstrates that
your "metaphysics" is simply "Theism" wrapped in big words. "Don't question the
will of Essence... just believe..."

Sorry, but no.

[Ham]
but no scientist can tell us WHY it occurred.

[Arlo]
What reason do you need? It simply "did". No reason, no plan, no "need to
create beings to worship itself" (which, I add, is a pretty lame-ass reason to
create the cosmos, that god needs a therapist, not a cosmos of madly adoring
beings).